But almost any place can be redeemed

When I was college, one of the supposedly worst places in America, widely publicized as looking like Germany after the War, was the South Bronx. A place of absolutely ruined buildings, drug addicts, rats, poverty, and despair.

But this rather remarkable pictorial, "Then and now: 'The worst slum in America'", indicates that things have improved. (The Wikipedia entry is more cautious. A good economist should write a book.)

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[jorod]

Focusing on economic growth definitely has its advantages....but you can't teach Democrats that.